How much are domains aged over 10 years worth?

[Rebels]

I didn't know where to post this since this isn't about a particular domain. But my question is I have some domains that are between 10-15 years old, have had registrar changes, but no drops. How much value does that add to a domain? Or does it not add any at all?

 

[Sparhawke]

For me it does not add any discernible value at all, anyone can register any crap for 10 years like a family blog under any crappy name...just because it is aged does not make it valuable...

I said elsewhere on this forum that age probably accounts for less than 1% of a domains value, if that and I stick to that estimate

Much more important is the keywords and extension which will make people not want to give it up

 

[ecalc]

IMHO age premiums are evident in public sales of names created before 1995. Names from that era rarely bag under $100 despite wretched keywords, non-com tld, no backlinks etc. Names created in 1995 or later sink or swim on metrics other than age.

 

[bmugford]

Unless the age is extreme, age alone is not a major factor in value.

Brad

 

[domainbartender]

I have a decent domain regged in 1997, and I'm having trouble finding buyers even for mid $xx!

I guess several things are important:
1) does it mean anything? if yes, good.
2) does it have dashes or numbers? if no, good.
3) is it short? if yes, good.
4) is it a .com? if yes, good.

 

[ibidu]

For me age alone has a zero value! I've never understood why some sites stress on age so much - are they presuming if a domain is aged it's also ranked? Of course we know this is not so necessarily.

 

[exsedo]

If I come across a domain for sale which emphasises it's age as a selling factor, I just disregard it and move on.

 

[Blake]

To be honest...I think age is probably right up there with an estibot valuation...useless to most with the exception of a select few who may be looking for these metrics. I'm more likely to move onto the next listing if age is the biggest selling factor.

 

[alien51]

The speculation behind the "age" factor in domains, is that "supposedly" when the internet was still so young, you are SUPPOSED to register premium and brandable names because they were dime a dozen at that time. Why would anyone pay more than $100 for a garbage name back in 1998? So there's a little "intrigue" factor there when someone says a domain is more than 10 years old. And make sure you apply some "pressure" on a potential buyer so he won't have enough time to figure out the catch. lol.

On a more legitimate reason, old domains "supposedly" may have accumulated so many backlinks and traffic in 10 years. If it's a so-so name with lotsa decent traffic, that's a ka-ching-ching on the cash register for a potential end user. So perhaps it's better to check the history of the domain first. There might be some gold traffic in there that the previous owner have worked his arse out all these years in getting them.

 

[theSun]

$60

 

[holyroller]

In most cases I don't think age adds a great deal of value, but I do think it can make a half decent domain more sellable.

It is possible that an aged domain will get listed quicker in the search engines once developed and there is some evidence towards that fact that bing gives more weight to ages domains.

If you had the option of two similar domains both equally as good and fit for the purpose you want - one regged in 1999 and another regged in 2010, most might go for the older one.

 

[Coopey]

Unless the age is extreme, age alone is not a major factor in value.

Brad

Pretty much what I was going to say.

Also, everyone's names are getting older, more and more are making it in to the 10yr+ category which is diluting their value to anyone that considers this important.

S~

 

[domainbartender]

For me age alone has a zero value! I've never understood why some sites stress on age so much - are they presuming if a domain is aged it's also ranked? Of course we know this is not so necessarily.

I think I can answer this.. when i was a buyer, i would check how old the domain is, and then I would multiply that by $10 to get a rough idea of the minimum amount I should offer. I was adding up their costs basically and making an offer based on that. Also I've heard many times before that aged domains do help SEO, so I try to develop aged domains whenever I can.

 

[dungdenvn]

aged is one important factor for the website SEO too. so i think aged domain can have a great impact and should be more expensive. For example, i just buy a 3 years old domain and after 2 days it ranks at number 1 for it's domain keyword which has more than 200,000 searches per month and low competition

So i think aged domain is better than register the new domain

 

[Jawed]

Age does matter!

An aged good name will fetch more bucks than a similar but relatively new name.

That being said, age itself doesn't determine the value of a name. In 90s countless rubbish names were registered and they eventually dropped. Some of them have survived for different reasons but they are still worthless.

 

[cache]

statistically the real dropped/deleted domains would fetch lower price in namejet or snapnames. Thus statistically age does matter.

 

[lothos]

Unless it's around 15 years old I don't really care about age.

 

[luisimon]

too, not care about the age, to me

 

[exsedo]

aged is one important factor for the website SEO too. so i think aged domain can have a great impact and should be more expensive. For example, i just buy a 3 years old domain and after 2 days it ranks at number 1 for it's domain keyword which has more than 200,000 searches per month and low competition

So i think aged domain is better than register the new domain

This is not strictly true. You can hand-reg a domain, put some content on it, and have it on page one of google withing 2 days. The hard part is keeping it there. Initially, the search engines give it a friendly leg up while their analysis kicks in. After a week or so you will struggle to find your domain in the serps in most cases.

 

[URLtrader]

There is a saying " A grown up Donkey stays a Donkey - does not become a Horse".

That is also applicable to Domains. Only age has no value.